United Kingdom, March 7 -- The axed Apple Car was called the Bread Loaf by some staff working on it.

A 2020 prototype of the shelved self-driving EV, which would have boasted either a controller or iPhone app "for driving at low speed as a backup", was a similar shape to a loaf of bread as it was inspired by the hippy Volkswagen Microbus.

A description published over at Bloomberg dubbed it "a white minivan with rounded sides, an all-glass roof, sliding doors, and whitewall tires [that] was designed to comfortably seat four people and inspired by the classic flower-power Volkswagen microbus."

It would have also boasted "a giant TV screen, a powerful audio system, and windows that adjusted their own tint."

Inside there would be "club se...